“If you build it, they will come.” The line has become such a mainstream part of popular culture in this country, it’s almost cliché. In the 1989 film Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character Ray Kinsella hears a voice that utters those words, and it leads him to build a baseball field in an Iowa […]
John Shrader
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The value of radio sports broadcasting endures: MLS should rethink its audio-delivery strategy
I love radio. I worked in radio for many years. I listen to radio (mostly on my phone or on satellite in the car). You can call it audio. You can call it streaming. What I hope you won’t be calling it in the near future is irrelevant. It feels like some in the soccer […]
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The value of radio sports broadcasting endures: MLS should rethink its audio-delivery strategy
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The value of radio sports broadcasting endures: MLS should rethink its audio-delivery strategy
I love radio. I worked in radio for many years. I listen to radio (mostly on my phone or on satellite in the car). You can call it audio. You can call it streaming. What I hope you won’t be calling it in the near future is irrelevant. It feels like some in the soccer […]
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Kevin Egan: MLS 360’s ‘traffic cop’ on his dream show, global play-by-play, and his Irish roots
Kevin Egan is in his second full season as host of MLS 360 on Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass. It’s a five-and-a-half hour show on Saturday nights that drops in on each of the games being shown live at the time. Egan and his co-hosts start with the first game in the Eastern time zone […]
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Dax McCarty on stepping off the field and into the studio, TV’s ‘shot clock,’ and criticizing former teammates
Dax McCarty is prompt. He joins the Zoom call right on time. He is ready. The microphone is in a good place. The lighting is good. He knows this conversation is not just to capture the written word but for audio and video. The first question is a softball (with apologizes if you think I’m […]
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Clint Dempsey promises direct and honest podcast: The Deuce
Dempsey has joined the Men in Blazers Media Network, hosting a weekly show, The Deuce. which debuts on Friday.
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Taylor Twellman’s ascent to soccer TV’s summit: Discovering the fun, learning from colleagues, and pursuing perfection
It is not so easy to get a half-hour with broadcaster and former MLS star center forward Taylor Twellman. Among his duties are at least one game a week on Apple TV MLS Season Pass, including the Sunday Night Soccer game. He does regular podcast appearances, and other media obligations for the league and its […]
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MLS Game 1: Behind the curtains of broadcasting the historic match in San Jose on April 6, 1996
The field was small. The ambitions were big. The crowd of 31,683 was raucous. I was there, with a spectacular view of the game’s only goal.
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Adrian Healey has moved on from MLS broadcasting
More than a year later Adrian Healey is still not sure why he was not really in the second-year plans for MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.